Police call death of next-door neighbors 'coincidence'

The deaths of two next-door neighbors in southeast Oklahoma City appear to be a coincidence, police said.

Officers were called to the home of an unresponsive man near 52nd Street and Shields Boulevard around 11 a.m. When they arrived, they pronounced the man dead.

The man’s niece told KOCO Eyewitness News 5’s Erielle Reshef that as first responders worked on her uncle, they were called to the residence next door.

When they arrived, they found another man dead.Police said the two deaths are unrelated and that they appear to be a coincidence.

The family of one of the victims described him as a man in his 50s who was in poor health. One of his nieces spent the night at his home, and when she tried to wake him in the morning, he appeared unconscious.

The caretaker of the other victim told KOCO that he was also in poor health, but she did not know his age.

Family said that both men used their gas stoves to heat their homes. Fire crews tested both residences for carbon monoxide but did not detect dangerous levels in either house.

The Medical Examiner is working to determine the cause of death for both men. Police are not releasing the names of the victims.

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